Included quartz

  
Quartz with rutile needles as inclusions (plus minor hematite)
Origin: Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Gene Meieran Collection
Sample size: 5.9 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
 
     
 
  
Hedenbergite inclusions in quartz, "Prase"
Origin: Isle of Serifos, Greece
Sample size: 9.8 x 3.1 x 1.9 cm (top), 9.0 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Inclusion in quartz with "anthraxolite"
Origin: Treasure Mountain Diamond mine, Little Falls, Herkimer Co., New York, USA
Sample size: microphoto
Owner: Christine Rust
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Rust

 

  
Terminated quartz crystal with phantom layers consisting of deep blue papagoite; the Messina mine which produced these nice specimens in the early 1990's was closed in 1992. The locality name was changed in 1994 to Musina, Limpopo province. 
Origin: No. 5 Shaft, Messina Mine, Messina, Transvaal, Republic of South Africa
Sample size: 3.5 x 7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Dark brownish red drusy crystals of hematite included quartz covering part of the matrix
Origin: Musklow roadcut, Birds Creek, Ontario, Canada
Sample size: 11.5 x 11.5 x 10 cm
 
  
 
  
 
  
Quartz with hematite inclusions and epidote
Origin: Hongquizheng, Meigu, Xichang area, Sichuan, Southwest Region, China
Sample size: 9.7 x 8.3 x 4.7 cm (top), 13.5 x 9.9 x 5.5 cm (2nd row), 12.5 x 11.6 x 3.7 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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